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Making Stars (1935)

Making Stars poster
Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Genre
comedy film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
6h 33m
Rating
3.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Betty Boop appears in a 1935 animated short. The cartoon includes an early use of a musical tune later linked to Asian culture.

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What happens

Making Stars is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the oriental riff that would become popular as a leitmotif for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song Kung Fu Fighting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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